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Best Man Bender, Ch. 18:

The Last of the Fast and Fancy Footwork

Summary: There’s still some log-rolling to do, but Sally's relieved the tempo's finally slowing.

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We were none of us ready when John Watson turned up in the sitting-room door asking what we had to break to him about his wife.

Greg was so startled he suggested I tell Watson his wife shot Magnussen—I, the least likely person in the room. I was so rattled I got my lines mixed up with my lies, or vice versa: “Not me, boss. He won’t believe me, he thinks Holmes and I are shagging.”

Definitely not what I meant to say: with that one reply I was telling Greg I’d been pretending to be Holmes’s collaborator with benefits, and telling Watson that in fact I wasn’t. Holmes looked like a man sideswiped on the M6, Watson looked venomous, and Greg looked resigned before he started in.

My boss usually does an excellent neutral recap, but it was hard to find anything neutral in the facts he had to convey. Especially to the new husband of the implicated party.

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Continue Ch 18 on AO3 (Ch. 17 on AO3)

Ch. 19 will post on April 19th. Tagging past readers here and in the comments; let me know to add or remove you!

Thanks for reblogging! 🤍

totallysilvergirl

darcylindbergh

She’s been more outspoken on abortion rights, was an earlier skeptic on trade deals, and also offered a sweeping climate plan. But other hin

I've talked a lot about why you should vote AGAINST Trump. No fucking shit, right? But I want to vote FOR something, too.

Kamala Harris hasn't had time yet to put together her platform documents, though no doubt we'll see those in the coming days. But this is a good analysis of where she and Joe Biden stand - and Kamala is more progressive on every front.

Abortion rights: Joe would've restored Roe, but Kamala would expand it to prevent states from limiting access. The pre-clearance measure discussed here is a non-starter but I'd expect Kamala to be looking at how to frame the issue for another try.

Israel and Gaza: it's true that Kamala hasn't broken with Joe publicly about Gaza. However, the article goes on:

Harris hasn’t exactly broken with Biden over the issue. But she has expressed more public sympathy than Biden has over the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have died during Israel’s counterattack. In March, she was one of the earliest high-profile leaders in the administration to call for an immediate temporary cease-fire in March. She also delivered the sharpest rebuke against Israel’s handling of aid flows into Gaza and described the conflict as a “humanitarian catastrophe” for innocent civilians. And privately, she has told Biden and other top officials that the administration needed to take a stronger stance against Netanyahu and focus on a long-term peace to the decades-long conflict, people familiar with her remarks have previously told POLITICO.

Kamala has also declined to preside over the upcoming session of Congress that Netanyahu is speaking at, on invitation by Republicans. She wasn't scheduled to before this, but I think declining now is a clear indicator that her foreign policy will not include the broad support we saw from Joe.

Climte Change: Honestly, the Build Back Better bill was so fucking substantial and incredible I think Kamala would be hard-pressed to do much more. I think Kamala needs to have a solid response ready to the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Chevron, which is the biggest threat to the EPA and other agencies in our lifetimes. (Trump, by the way, would abolish the EPA and the vast majority of environmental protections.)

Student debt relief: She was more progressive earlier, and I expect we'll see many of Joe's relief packages continue expanding.

Similarly:

Free college: Kamala's in full support. I understand Joe's position that students from wealthy families should pay their own way, but I also know from experience that students from wealthy family not immune to financial abuse by controlling parents.

Trade: this is actually a great one to know, because Kamala's hesitance on these trade agreements are related to a) environmental concerns, and b) outsourcing American jobs. Republicans love to lose their shit over outsourcing American jobs. Here's more significance in the trade sphere:

This is going to be a HUGE talking point for your conservative-leaning relatives. Business leaders do not want Trump in office, because the agenda laid out in Project 2025 will make it harder for them to do business - it will make it harder for them to attract global talent, costlier to import and export, and stunt economic growth. Do you know that "undecided" voter who votes red for "fiscal responsibility?" This your talking point. Kamala's platform spends, but in such a way that it will stimulate economic growth and solidify the US as a business leader worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence: I'll let Kamala speak for herself.

“History has shown, in the absence of regulation and strong government oversight, some technology companies choose to prioritize profit over the wellbeing of their customers, the safety of our communities, and the stability of our democracies,” Harris said during her visit to the U.K. for November’s AI Safety Summit. Last July, during the early days of the White House’s mobilization on AI policy, Harris led a meeting among civil rights, labor and consumer protection groups where she rejected the “false choice” between promoting innovation and protecting the public.

The article also talks about data privacy, where Kamala and Joe are very similar, and animal welfare. Historically, Kamala defended animal welfare protections in CA, but remember that as Attorney General, Kamala's job was to defend the law no matter what her personal feelings were. Biden made some strides here, but many will agree not enough - I think this is a place where Kamala has to tread very carefully because progressives are in favor of more stringent animal welfare protections, but agricultural and rural voters are already a demographic inclined to view progressive agendas negatively, feeling forgotten, misunderstood, and passed over in favor of large cities. It's definitely a weakness for the Dems so I wouldn't expect to hear much about animal welfare as a voting issue.

IN SUM

I'm very happy to vote FOR Kamala, not just against Trump. I think she stands to take stronger action on abortion, stronger action on Israel and Gaza, stronger action on college and student debt relief. I think she'll continue work inherited on environmental protections and infrastructure. I think she will do more to protect LGBTQ+ individuals and unions, as well as standing strong on disability reform and criminal justice reform (yes, I know she was a prosecutor, and I also know that she worked on several important CJ reforms during her time as AG - here's an article about her progressive record as DA).

Remember, there's no such thing as a protest vote. The only people who benefit by third-party voting or choosing not to vote are the far-right.

swissmissficrecs

Hi! I was hoping you’d be able to help me find a fic that I can’t seem to remember…

It’s at least SEVERAL months old, if not more. It’s a dark Johnlock fic told entirely from Sherlock’s POV where John and Sherlock have an argument of some sort (I think) and Sherlock leaves the flat. Someone ends up kidnapping and drugging Sherlock. He wakes up in a place similar to 221B, and he’s held captive by a man who tries to convince him that he’s John. Sherlock never believes him, possibly because he’s very firmly restrained to a bed and knows that John would never do this. I don’t think the captive ever goes as far as SAing Sherlock but he is very angry, almost violently so, whenever Sherlock calls him out. I think Sherlock finally manages to kill him around the time that John and the Yard find him. In the end, it’s revealed that Sherlock was being held captive in a flat very close by 221B.

Idk if you or anyone else will recognize this but I’m desperate. I’d appreciate any help I could get!

Thanks in advance!!

This sounds vaguely familiar but I'm not coming up with it. Does anyone else know?

topsyturvy-turtely

june challenge - day 1

[based on this prompt list]

"getting lost somewhere"

he was wandering around in the sea of nothingness.

he was wondering about if he'd always feel this hopeless.

he walked for hours and hours into darkness,

feeling the endless powers of its harness,

holding him inside of its grasp,

leaving no air to gasp.

he was lost,

lost and frozen.

he was lost,

lost and broken.

he was lost somewhere

with no happiness, no warmth and no light.

he was right there.

in the middle of a fight

which he knew he couldn't win.

or that's what he thought until he met him.

----

topsyturvy-turtely

starting to post this series on ao3 in the hopes i'll start writing on it again!

I POSTED THE SECRET CONTINUATION THAT I NEVER SHOWED YOU TURTLES!

(because i didn't like it back then... my sister read it tho and said i should post it soooo... here we go)

read it here:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

totallysilvergirl

A Case of You hath updated: a FTH fic for @randomwordsonpaper

Thanks for reblogging!

totallysilvergirl

Chapter 3, "Dreamless Nights"

Summary:

They open up about the time they've spent apart. That's good. Sherlock asks John to be his best man. That's--well. That's less good.

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Sherlock doesn’t come the next week, or the next. But he texts. Intermittent clusters that are painfully like his texts from before, as though he’d just been talking to John and is following up. It makes for a lot of non-sequiturs. But it’s better than the nothing of the past years, exponentially better.

John doesn’t go to Baker Street, either. He’s almost never in central London, he tells himself, now he’s working in Henley. But in a silent part of his brain he knows that if he saw Sherlock with Eric, or Eric in 221B, something in him would die.

It’s a full month later before Sherlock comes again, when bright colours are bursting out on trees and shrubs. This time they head directly for the river, no tea, no scones, no drawings. No agenda, just a walk along the most domesticated stretch of the Thames, where the river looks like a film set for Three Men in a Boat.

Across the river from Shiplake Lock, John stops short and stares over toward it. Visualises the mechanism, the churning water, the green algae high on the cement walls. Without looking at Sherlock he says, “Tell me what you did while you were away. Please. I’ve never asked and I’d like to know.”

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Thanks for reblogging! (And reading, of course. And commenting, if the spirit moves you)

A Case of You by Silvergirl for Randomwordsonpaper

Apparently Ch. 3 is another (sorry/not sorry) injection of angst. Just a wee bit. A tiny, indeed infinitesimal, almost indiscernible to the strongest microscope smear of angst.

totallysilvergirl

221bconwriters

Farewell to Esterbrook

Esterbrook passed away yesterday.

Esterbrook, whose real name was Fawn, lived as honestly and true to her beliefs as anyone I've ever known. She was thoughtful, caring, and hilarious, and more than willing to mix it up for a good cause.

Esterbrook was an actual professional writer who made a living writing actual, professional words. Her fics reflected her gift, and then some. I had the opportunity to beta for her once, and I literally had no notes. Just first pass, flawless. She was astonishing in her assurance with the written word.

Years ago, when I'd just met her, I barely bit back a laugh when, while leading a panel on Sussexlock at Sherlock Seattle, she called out those writers who insisted on painting Sherlock and John in middle age as feeble and past their prime by indicating her own fit figure, dark hair and dancing eyes and saying, "Hey, kids, this is what 40 looks like."

To remember her, and to remind us all of her brilliant talent. I'm linking probably her best known fic, Stay. The Writers' Suite crew mourns her passing and honors her memory. She was an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person. We'll miss her.

-Mel

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

myladylyssa

I never met her in person, but every interaction with her on Twitter or in comments was valuable to me. I'm so sorry she's gone.

#esterbrook #in memoriam

discordantwords

20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by @khorazir and @raina-at. Thanks so much for tagging me!

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 47 (how is it that many?!) 29 for BBC Sherlock 18 for The X-Files

2. What's your total A03 word count? 897,533

3. What fandoms do you write for? Currently only BBC Sherlock

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

(Never) Turn Your Back to the Sea

White Knight

Incidents with Dogs, Curious and Otherwise

Another Auld Lang Syne

The Dead Detective

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I try to! I'm not always the best at keeping up, especially lately as my schedule has been erratic and I can only steal a few minutes here and there for fandom activities. But even when I don't have a chance to reply, I do read and treasure each and every comment.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I guess maybe The Pillar upon which England Rests has the saddest ending of anything that I've ever written, but I don't really consider it a sad story. It's set immediately post Reichenbach, told mostly through flashbacks as Mrs Hudson shares the story of how she met Sherlock with John. Sherlock is still "dead" when the story comes to a close, and John and Mrs Hudson are both grieving, though we as the reader know their loss is temporary.

I have a few shorter fics with ambiguous endings that lean in the angsty direction:

Nothing Happened in Belarus deals with accidental time travel, with grief-stricken S4 Sherlock finding himself briefly in the care of S1 John. Alas, the reprieve is a short one, as neither Sherlock nor John become aware of what is happening in time to take advantage of the opportunity.

At the end of Leaves Sherlock and John have either triumphed over the hallucinogenic vines that have invaded 221B… or they haven't. (I have my own theory, but you are free to interpret the ending however you choose.)

In EXECUTE John inadvertently deletes Mary from existence. He gets his happy ending, but has to live with the uncomfortable knowledge of the choices he's made.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Most of my fics have happy or at least hopeful endings. I like leaving the boys in a good place. I guess it depends on the flavor of happy you're looking for. But I'd say that these are probably the happiest:

(Never) Turn Your Back to the Sea

Inscrutable to the Last

White Knight

Another Auld Lang Syne

Whirlwind

8. Do you get hate on fics? Thankfully, no. A few weird comments here and there, but nothing too bad. The vast majority of my interaction with others in the fandom has been absolutely wonderful.

9. Do you write smut? Most of my sex scenes stay in R rated territory. But I tend to roll with whatever the plot demands of me.

10. Do you write crossovers? I've done quite a few fusion fics, but not crossovers. Crossovers aren't usually my cup of tea.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Once, sort of, but I don't believe it was done maliciously and I don't wish to call attention to it.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Yes! I'm always flattered by requests to translate my writing.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? A friend and I used to write together quite a bit in high school, but nothing that has made it out into the world.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship? Sherlock & John and Mulder & Scully.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Crime Writer is a Sherlock/Knight Rider fusion that ran out of steam a while back (although it was intended to be episodic and IMO doesn't feel too horribly unresolved where it ends, so don't let the unfinished nature of it put you off if you're inclined to read it).

I'm still optimistic about most of the WIPs in my WIP folder, heh. I guess we'll see what next year brings.

16. What are your writing strengths? I like to think I'm good at writing complicated people with complicated feelings that don't always resolve neatly.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? I don't think my smut is particularly inspired. And I have a very hard time writing fluff or domestic situations without having some angst to drive the plot.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I personally wouldn't attempt it. I'm not fluent in any other languages and there's far too much nuance to leave in the hands of Google Translate. :)

19. First fandom you wrote for? X-Files! (Unless you count unrefined and unposted scribblings from my younger years, I definitely went through a phase where I was trying to fix the Terminator time loop in a way that allowed Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese to live happily ever after.)

20. Favourite fic you've ever written? Oh, this is always such a hard question to answer. The Pillar upon Which England Rests is the first fic I wrote for the Sherlock fandom, so it has a special place in my heart. I'm really proud of the cases and complex plot in Out There. (Never) Turn Your Back to the Sea is the one that seems to resonate with the most people. And White Knight is the fic I'd most like to see turned into an episode of the show. :D

I'll tag @thetimemoves @insistentbass @lololollywrites @arwamachine @naefelldaurk @clueless-mp4 @totallysilvergirl and anyone else who would like to play along!

fanhackers

Vidding’s Grandchildren? Edits, corecore, and other video feels

Thinking about the descendants of vidding, since I was quoted in this recent article on fan edits, “Why Do Fan-Made Trailers Rule the Internet?” by Cat Zhang. The edits of the article, like the fanvids of old, are scenes from television shows and movies set to music. But while these edits are typically much shorter and more feels-focused than vids, they seem to me clearly a descendant of the form. In my book, Vidding: A History (2018), I talk about the ways in which YouTube and the algorithms of the internet were already affecting the aesthetics of vids back in the 2010s (spoiler alert: they’ve became shorter & more intense) and we can clearly see this trend in the 2020s now that fans are firmly on short-form platforms like Insta and Tiktok. The edits in Zhang’s article are all about the feels, and a sub-class of edits, corecore (as explained in this Mashable article by Chance Townsend, “Explaining corecore: How TikTok’s newest trend may be a genuine Gen-Z art form”) is often used to express chaotic or overwhelmed feels. Townsend says that what makes corecore so interesting is that “one’s feelings that couldn't be expressed through words are instead presented through images. Whether that emotion is happiness, a fear of the future, or the excitement of falling in love, corecore edits, through the use of multimedia, speak to our common experience.” The idea of expressing emotion by the artistic act of combining disparate clips with music–well, it sounds like vidding, but at the same time it seems a long way away, too. That said, a work like this hip-hop based edit of The Bear, made by an artist at the X/Twitter account “black boy cinematic universe,” seems to be doing the kind of reparative fannish media work vis a vis race that older vids did for gender and sexuality. Zhang quotes the artist as saying: “There’s an energy to the show where it’s being carried by the people of color. So in my edit, I want to make sure there’s a song that represents that.” That’s a very similar (and familiar) vibe: that urge to make the thing that will Get. It. Right.

–Francesca Coppa, Fanhackers volunteer

totallysilvergirl

FTH fic incoming: A Case of You

by Silvergirl, for Randomwordsonpaper

The lovely @randomwordsonpaper bid on me for Fandom Trumps Hate, and here I am sprinting in late, skidding to a stop in the lobby, and brandishing a new story in their general direction honor.

They gave me an effervescent, energetic prompt that got a bit emo'ed in the realization.

Summary: Sherlock is marrying an American, and at the rehearsal dinner, best man John makes a drunken love confession he doesn’t remember the next day. Badly hungover, John calls all over London looking for the wedding, the grooms, or at least some witnesses who can tell him what happened. Finally he flies to Amsterdam to make things right for the love of his life and the love of his life. A happy Johnlock ending.

Excerpt:

“You’re getting—you’re what?”

John’s voice comes out unrecognisable even to himself. He clears his throat, tries again.

“You’re—come again?”

“I’m getting married.” Impatiently. “It’s a thing people do, you know. People standing in this very room have done it.”

Well. They haven’t. But Sherlock doesn’t know that.

“But—how—who—” How is this happening? “How do I not even know who the lucky—” John fumbles for a gender, and of course Sherlock clocks that. His expression goes even more acerbic.

“—man is? I can’t imagine.” Sherlock tries sarcasm. “You’ve been so present of late.”

“I—I know. I’m sorry. I was—”

If there were any way John could have cocked this up any worse, he can’t think of it at the moment. But he’s quite sure he’ll come up with something worse in the near future, and do it, too.

“Don’t worry, John. It’s fine. It’s all fine.”

The sardonic glint in those peridot eyes tells John it isn’t.

“Let’s start over, yeah? Hello, Sherlock, long time no see, you’re getting married, that’s fantastic. Who’s the lucky bloke?”

There, almost his natural tone. All it takes is pretending he’s talking to Greg.

“His name is Eric. He’s American.” Sherlock’s airy tone tells John he’d better not meet this information with snark.

A ferocious loathing seizes John for every male ever named Eric, for every male born on American soil, for every acre of North America occupied by the United States. Islands included.

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8 chapters, 17K words. I’ll start posting on Friday 15 December, and update every two or three days. The fic is completely written, and has been generously beta’ed by stellacartography. (Not Britpicked, though: moriamo come uomini.)

If you want to be tagged on tumblr, let me know; especially let me know if you hate being tagged on tumblr.

Oh, and thanks for reblogging!

petite-madame

Sherlock & John Portraits - (2023)

(To be honest, I drew these two artworks in November 2022 but I completely forgot about them. It was high time to post them, I guess 😅)

curlyjohnlock

Well, we already know that John had hallucinations of Mary after she died. He could see her and he even talked to her.

Now, I'm more than sure that the same thing happened after Sherlock's Fall.

Oh boy, I feel like this should've been the plot for S3 😭

sarahthecoat

glad i'm not the first or only one to immediately think of The quiet man, by ivyblossom.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

there's also a wonderful podfic of it.

helloliriels

THE QUIET MAN - A.K.A. What Really Happened After the Fall and I Know Cause Watson Himself Told Me So ...

sarahthecoat

EXACTLY, for me, TQM is the true story.

totallysilvergirl

@ivyblossom’s stories are a wonder, in every fandom.

topsyturvy-turtely

looking for a beta-reader!

hello my lovely turtles!🐢

i am currently writing on my WIP Missing. it is a case-fic and kinda needs a lot of brain work. it also includes some medical stuff and tbh i know everything purely from my google research sittings....

sooo i guess if i would have a beta-reader i would feel much more confident in this fic. it feels giant to the tiny turtle i am and if i could have someone looking over it and approve of/improve it with me, that would mean a lot. i would prefer someone who is a native-speaker or has a lot of experience in the UK but i'm really not that picky. can you help me?

would you like to be my beta-reader? -> please DM me or tell me in the replies etc. <3

you don't think you could/want to be a beta-reader for me? -> please reblog to help me find one!

you are not sure yet? -> i am very open for a little chat with no commitment whatsoever, just DM me or reply to this post :)

thank you so much!

love,

turtely 🐢 (tagging my people under the cut!)

lisbeth-kk

Sherlock fandom.

The longest hour

Sherlock isn’t perceived as a patient man by most people. What most people has failed to observe, is the fact that when the need for patience is there, Sherlock Holmes is more persistent than most. Just think of all the meticulous experiments he performs, how he’s catalogued 243 different types of tobacco ash, the building of his Mind Palace, which, by the way, is still an ongoing project.

***

After John left to break it up with Mary, every sound seems to be multiplied. He’s tried to play his violin, but he can’t concentrate. Experiments are out of the question. Time is of the essence, and he needs to keep track of it, but the clock on the mantlepiece drives him crazy with its ticking, so he took out the battery. He has no clue where his watch is, and he doesn’t want to tap his phone screen constantly to count the seconds.

At the top shelf on the bookcase, he finds what he needs. His grandfather’s old hourglass. It’s dusty and matte. Mrs. Hudson hasn’t been able to reach it when she comes dusting. Sherlock uses the sleeve of his dressing gown to polish the glass and when he’s satisfied, he sets it on the coffee table. The grains start to run through the small passage in the middle. Sherlock looks transfixed at it for a moment, before reality kicks in.

His last conversation with John, replays in his mind for the umpteenth time. When John had assured Sherlock that everything would be fine. That Mary wouldn’t make any trouble when she realised John was moving out and back to Baker Street.

“Bring your gun,” Sherlock had pleaded.

“No, sweetheart. There won’t be any need for it. I’ll be fine. It’ll all be fine, Sherlock,” John had said softly and kissed him.

Sherlock hated to see John go. He knew more about Mary than John. She was dangerous and unpredictable. Sherlock sent a text to Mycroft the second the front door closed behind John.

John has gone to Mary. Watch him! SH

The response came after twenty long seconds.

Of course. MH

***

Sherlock sits in his chair, eyes fixed on the hourglass and the sand running steadily, counting the time. His brain constructs all sorts of disastrous outcomes of John’s encounter with his soon-to-be ex-wife.

Mary, all dressed in black with a gun in her hand, pointed at John’s head. Mary in her wedding dress with a rifle directed at John’s heart. Mary in a pink negligee straddling John’s hips a pillow pressed over John’s face.

He needs to stop this!

Mycroft has eyes and ears all over the house, and John will be alert and careful. Sherlock needs to be patient and trust John however hard he finds it.

“One hour, Sherlock. After that, I’m all yours,” John had promised.

To Sherlock it seems that the grains are running faster now. He knows they aren’t, but the phrase running out of time, has never felt more accurate.

Sherlock freezes when he realises that he doesn’t know exactly what John had meant with one hour. Did he need one hour inside with Mary, or did he mean one hour from his departure until he was back?

Sherlock rises and paces back and forth in front of the windows, pulling his hair in frustration.

He HATES not knowing!

Sherlock’s been so lost in his own head, and startles when someone calls his name.

John!

He turns from the window and in the doorway stands a smiling John.

“You’ve been worried,” he states fondly and walks towards Sherlock.

Sherlock only nods before he almost falls into John’s waiting arms. He closes his eyes, revelling in the proximity, inhales the familiar scent and relaxes completely, breathing freely for the first time that day.

“I love you, John,” Sherlock murmurs into John’s neck.

“Mm. Me too, love. Me too,” John says and tightens his grip around Sherlock.

When Sherlock opens his eyes some time later, he registers the last grains in the hourglass running trough the passage, leaving the upper half empty. The hour is at an end and John is home.

@flashfictionfridayofficial @totallysilvergirl @keirgreeneyes @calaisreno @a-victorian-girl @phoenix27884 @safedistancefrombeingsmart @gregorovitchworld @helloliriels @raina-at @peanitbear @brandiwein1982 @topsyturvy-turtely

atlinmerrick

Spark: How Fanfiction and Fandom Can Set Your Creativity On Fire

Y'know, sometimes you have to wait longer than expected to receive the books you're publishing so pardon my all caps screaming:

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Spark's more than forty essays and interviews from best-selling writers Anne Jamison, Claire O'Dell, Diane Duane, Henry Jenkins, KJ Charles, Lyndsay Faye, Sara Dobie Bauer and many others discuss, encourage, and shout about how fic and fandom in all their glories can absolutely inspire you, set your creativity on fire – and change your world.

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fellshish

Only downside of neil being so active is sometimes when you make a funny post or express a headcanon people come in with ‘but neil said…’ completely missing the point of having fun in fandom

fellshish

@definitely-not-a-fan say that

#authorial intent #versus #hc

jon-lox

they could've just made sherlock straight. why didn't they make sherlock straight, it would've saved so much trouble. but no. they created this sick labyrinth where every wall you come across has a question like "is sherlock straight?" (if no, turn left) "is sherlock bisexual?" (if no, turn left) "is sherlock asexual/aromantic?" (if no, turn left) until the very last question is "is sherlock gay?" and it has to be "yes" because the game is done now and there are no more possible answers, but when you turn the last corner instead of an exit you see a dead end brick wall with a little banner that says "who can never be sure !" and you're stuck in the center of the labyrinth forever. this is my gay minotaur origin story

jon-lox

engaging with bbcs and its writers was like if you played I Spy with a 5 year old and you kept asking them questions like "is it the green tree that you spy?" "is it the yellow pillow on the couch?" "is it my blue shirt?" and they kept giggling "nooo..." until you're like "i give up! haha what's the bright colored thing you spy around here?" and they said "i dont know :D"

#tjlc #sherlock

deducemyheart

what might we deduce about his heart

I will solve your murder, but it takes John Watson to save your life

You. It's always you, John Watson. You keep me right

John, there's something I should say, I've meant to say always and I never have

I'd be lost without my blogger

Take my hand.

Voting ended onMar 25, 2023

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